Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/White Oaks Mall (Springfield, Illinois)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 04:09, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

White Oaks Mall (Springfield, Illinois)

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Doesn't appear to be notable. Doesn't seem to be something like Mall of America, just an average shopping mall. Thewtfchronicles (talk) 05:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:40, 9 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep: Article describes mall as a super-regional shopping mall.  While some small enclosed malls may not deserved separate articles, generally all regional malls are considered notable.--Milowent (talk) 15:08, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Neutral because this editor orginally created the article and thus would have a conflict of interest if he took a position on this question; but keep in mind that this shopping mall has 912,000 square feet of shopping space. It might be useful if Wikipedia were to develop a consensus on which retail developments should be covered/not covered, using objective criteria such as square footage, etc.Bigturtle (talk) 15:25, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I added some cites, and put in a question at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Shopping_Centers to see if there is better guidance on that question.--Milowent (talk) 16:30, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Several Proposed Guidelines have attempted to gain consensus, but they all fail. I am currently working on this one. At the moment, there is no consensus. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 02:57, 16 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Superregional malls, like this one with 912,000 square feet of retail space, have generally been kept in past AFDs. See also notability essay WP:MALL. Edison (talk) 20:05, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malls-related deletion discussions.  —Milowent (talk) 20:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - not average at all. Its a Super Regional, the largest Class of Mall there is. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 03:27, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
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